Chlorophonia

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Chlorophonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae Genus: Chlorophonia

Chlorophonia is the name of a genus of finches endemic to the Neotropics. The English group name for the five species that constitute the genus is also chlorophonia. The collective (plural) term for the genus is chlorophonias. Chlorophonias share the subfamily Euphoniinae with the euphonias.

Chlorophonias are small, mostly bright green birds that inhabit cloudforest habitats from Mexico to South America.

[edit] Species list

• Genus Chlorophonia, the chlorophonias
  • Yellow-collared Chlorophonia, Chlorophonia flavirostris
  • Blue-naped Chlorophonia, Chlorophonia cyanea
  • Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia, Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys
  • Blue-crowned Chlorophonia, Chlorophonia occipitalis
  • Golden-browed Chlorophonia, Chlorophonia callophrys